Support for shade-rollers and curtain-poles.



A. KUENZLE.

SUPPORI FOR SHADE ROLLERS AND CURTAIN POLES. APPLICATION nuzo rmze. 1917.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

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SUPPORT FOR SHADE-ROLLERS ANDCURTAIN-POLES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedltlar, 26, 1918 Application filedFebruary .26, 1917. Serial No.'150,'951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LAUGUS'I KunNzLE, a citizen of the United States, and residing in West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson,

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Supports for Shade-Rollers and Curtain-Poles, of which the followingis afull and complete specification. 4 7

My invention relates to supports for shade-rollers and for curtain-poles, and has for its object to provide a strong and simple readily attached and readily removed device for supporting a curtain-pole. In its preferred embodiment, as illustrated, the device will supportat the same time a curtain pole and a plurality of shade rollers,

will e fully explained hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings Figure .1 is a perspective view, showing one form of my invention; n

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a slightly di-fierent form, with parts in section;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are diagrammatic views illustrating the steps followed in applying the detachable curtain-pole support to the shade-roller support.

Fig. 6 is a front view showing another construction for locking the device in position after adjustment.

Fig. 7 is a vertical Section on line 7-7 of Fig. '6, the curtain-pole support being omitfor the sake of clean ness'; and

Figs. 8 and 9 are tional forms of my section.

In the constructions illustrated by Figs. 1 to 7, I secure to the window-frame,".or other suitable support 10 a horizontal strip or guide 11, on which is adapted to travel the slide 12 of the adjustable shade-roller and curtain-pole support. From this slide, and in a vertical plane at a right angle thereto, extend two bracket members, the upper member 13 and the lower member 1 1 being provided with upwardly-open slots 13 and 14 respectively. At the forward ends of these brackets- 13, 1&, I provide se curing members 15, 16' respectively, at a right angle to :the respective brackets, and preferably as shown, the two members 15, 16 are in the same vertical plane, which is parallelto the ventical plane in which the end views of two addiinventfion, with parts in and pjresents certain other advantages which body of the slide 12 lies. To the members 15, 16 are attached rigidly twosimilar studs or forward projections formed with shanks 17, 18 and with heads 17, 18 respectively. The upper head 17 is oblong, that is to say, its dimension in one direction (the vertical direction) is smaller than its dimension in the other (horizontal) direction. The lower head 18 may also be oblong, as shown, although this is not essential. The parts 12 to 16 inclusive may be made of one piece.

The securing members 15,16 are adapted for engagement with the slotted vertical ends of a curtain-pole support, which in the particular construction shown is made of an upper member 19, substantially of inverted 1U shape, and a lower member 20, inclined upwardly to thepoint 21 where the two members are connected rigidly, so that this portion of the lower member will form a brace. A socket 22, to receive the curtain pole, is formed by portions of the two members 19, 20. The vertical slot '19 of the upper member is of a width suflicient for the easy passage therethrough of the shank 17 and of the head 17 when the member 19 is held to give the slot 19 a horizontal position as in Fig. 3, but when the member 19 is in the normal position (Figs. 1, 2 and 5) the head 17 cannot pass through the slot 19. In other words, the width of said slot is greater than the small dimension of the oblong head 17 but smaller than the great dimension, or the width, of said head; the length ofthe slot is greater than the width of the head 17 This upper slot 19 is preterably closed at both ends. The vertical slot 20 in the lower member is open at the lower end. The width of this lower slot is greater than that of the shank 18, but smaller than that of the head 18. The curtain-pole support, or at least the inclined brace portion thereof, is preferably made of elastic material, to admit of said brace moving toward and from the upper membensee the dotted line in Fig. 2, and also the diatain-pole.

7 alone, without curtains, the

shades, I have made the fixture adjustable along its guide 11, and for the purpose of locking the fixture in posltion after such adjustment, I provide suitable means, two embodiments of which are illustrated. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the guide 11 is made with notches 11 at its upper edge, and into any one of these notches is adapted to snap, under the influence of a coiled spring 23, a locking pawl 24 pivoted to the sliding fixture about an axis 24 parallel to the path of the slide 12. The lower end of the pawl is provided with a handle 24 for lifting 1t out of locking engagement, so as to release the fixture for sliding movement lengthwlse the guide 11.

' The other locking device, shown in Figs. 6 and 7, simply consists of a screw 25 threaded into the slide 12 and adapted to have its inner end pressed into firm engagement With the guide 11 at a longitudinal groove 11 thereof. In this construction, the pawl 24 and the notches 11 are dispensed with. The slide 12 is made with inturned edges 12 so as to embrace the guide 11.

In Fig. 2 I have shown an additional detachable support 19, 20 for a second our- The two members of this support are connected at 21, and their free ends are slotted in the same way as those of the members 19, 20, to cooperate in a simllar way with studs 17 18, secured to the members 19, 20 respectively. These studs would be shaped in the same manner as the studs 17, 17 and 18, 18, and the inclined lower portion of the member 20 would form a brace, movable elastically toward the member 19 (see dotted lines) to disengage the said brace from its stud 18".

It will be seen that my improved fixture in its preferred form provides adjustable means for supporting not only a curtainpole (or two curtain-poles), but two rollershades as well, and'this is of considerable advantage since frequently it is desired to use two shades, and with my arrangement either one or two shades can be used in connection with a curtain or with two curtains. The two shade supports or shade-roller brackets are superposed in the forms of my invention shown in Figs. 1 to 7.

When the shade or shades are to be used curtain pole support 19, 20 may be removed readily, the procedure being illustrated by the diagrams Figs. 3, 4, and 5. The manner of applying the curtain-pole support is as follows: First, the curtain-pole support is held horizontal, (Fig. 3) the upper member 19 is placed so that its slot 19 will register with the head 17 and said slotted end is slipped over the said head. Then, with the shank 17 as a temporary axis or fulcrum and in engagement with the lower end of the slot 19, the curtain-pole support is given a turn of 90 as the'studs 17, 17'

in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, thus bringing the open-end slot 20 adjacent to the lower head 18. The inclined brace portionof the"lower member 20 is pressed upward slightly, causing it to approach the upper member 19, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and by the solid lines in Fig. 4. Upon then releasing the lower member-Ate forked or slotted end will be caused, by the elasticity of the material, to springslightly downward, thus taking the position indicated by' dotted lines "in Fig. 4; the curtain-polessupport can'then no longer turn-around the upper shank 17 as an axis, since the lower member 20 is now engaged with the lower head 18. All that is then necessary to bring the curtain-pole support to the normal position (Figs;- 1, 221ml 5), is to slide it bodily downward until the upper ends of the slots 19 and 20" arein engagement with the shanks 17, 18 respectively. To remove the curtain-pole support, these operations are effected in the reverse order. tain-pole support is in the vertical position (Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5), any attempt to detach it from the shade-rollerbrackets by a simple upward sliding movement will fail, owing to the fact that the slot 19 of the uppermember 19 is closed at its lowerend. The support 19, 20 therefore can be removed only by an upward Sliding movement followed by a swinging movement on the shank 17 as a pivot; accidental separation ofthe curtain-pole support from the shade-roller brackets 13, 14 is therefore practicallyimpossible. It will be understood that the dis tance between each head 17 or 18 and the adjacent surface of the corresponding mem ber 15 or '16 is slightly-greater than the thickness of the end portion of the member 19 or 20 respectively.

The additional curtain-pole support 19 20 is attached to, or removed from, the main curtain-pole support 19, 20 in the same manner that the latter is attached to, or removed from, the shade-roller brackets.

In Figs. 8 and 9, I have shown two forms of a detachable curtain pole holder22 having a socket or opening 22"- for the curtainpole and provided with attaching members 19", 20 (which may be integral with each other), the lower member 20 having an open-end slot, and the upper member a closed-end slot, of the same character as those shown at 20 and 19 in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. These slots are adapted to receive headed studs 17*, 18 projected from a support or wall-plate 26, and formed in the same way and 18, 18 of Figs. '3, 4 and 5. The attaching member 19", 20 is substantially rigid in this case, and the distance between their free ends corresponds to the full lines in Fig. 4 and not to the dotted lines. These supports 22' would be It will be noted that when the cur attached and removed in substantially the same manner as explained above, with reference to Figs. 8, 4 and 5.

Various modifications may out departing from the nature of my invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A support anda curtain-pole holder detachable therefrom, one of said elements being provided with two studs having similarly placed oblong heads, and the other element having two slots for the reception of said studs, the width of said slots being greater than the small dimension of the receptive heads, but smaller than the large dimension of such heads, one of said slots being open at one end, and the other slot being closed at both ends and of a length greater than the large dimension oi'the corresponding head.

2. A support provided with two studs having similarly placed oblong heads, and a detachable curtain-pole holder having two slots for the reception of said studs, the width of said slots being greater than the small dimension of the respective heads, but

smaller than the large dimension of such heads, one of said slots being open at one end, and the other slot being closed at both ends and of a length greater than the large dimension of the corresponding head.

A support and a curtain-pole detachable therefrom, and comprising two members-one of which is movable elastically toward and from the other,each of said members being provided with a securing portion, and the support being provided with mating securing portions, one set of said securing portions consisting of two studs each comprising a shank and an oblong head, the two Copies 01 this patent may be obtained for be made with heads,

each comprising a shank and an oblong head,

the two heads being of like position, and a detachable curtain-pole holder comprising two members, one of which is movable elastically toward and from the other, each of said members being provided in its end portion with a longitudinal slot whose width is greater than that of the shank and greater than the small dimension of the respective but smaller than the large dimension of such heads, said slotted ends being adapted for sliding and securing engagement with the respective studs, the slot in the elastically movable member being open at one end, while, the slot in the other member is closed at both ends and of a greater length than the large dimension of the respective head, the last named member being capable of a swinging movement on the shank of the respective stud.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, AUGUST KUENZLE.

Witnesses: D. Lnwrs MATTERN,

AGNEs Y. COUGAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O. 

